

Pittsburgh weather can be brutal. Unfortunate people walk
by us every day, without gloves on their hands or hats on their
heads. God has blessed us, if we have warm clothing and
ride in a nice, warm car. We have seen similar outreach of
churches and charities handing out warm clothing, and we thought
we could help, too. By hanging the gloves on the railings
and on bushes, no one has to ask. The gloves and hats are
there, for the taking. In our hearts, we hope that, by
coming up to our church building and seeing that we care, one or
two people might just walk through our doors to hear the Word
and become a part of our fellowship.
Below are some pictures that show this ministry effort:





East Liberty Lutheran has a long
history of training members to
be biblically literate; that is,
to know how to find books of the
Bible, understand contexts, see
relations between parts of the
Bible, and to know that the
Bible is a main way God has of
communicating with us. Still,
over the past years, we have
slacked off on this continual
training. Starting in May,
several lay leaders will be
giving weekly Temple Talks to
encourage members to increase
their biblical literacy and to
read and meditate on the Bible
independently. Later, we will
also tackle other aspects of our
faith that are easily distorted
by the world so that we remain
faithful to the Biblical Jesus
and what God calls us to do/be
in our neighborhood.